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Calif. college gives students a glimpse at career in emergency dispatch
Pairing simulations with a classroom environment, students in Hancock College's dispatcher course learn how to funnel all the information first responder need
Pa. program decreases opioid use for spine surgery patients
New protocol virtually did away with pain pumps, devices that allow patients to dose themselves with morphine after surgery
Reviews: No patients harmed in Minn. hospital ketamine research
Investigations commissioned by Hennepin Healthcare found that its paramedics and research staff acted appropriately in its ketamine study of agitated patients
La. shooting leaves 5 dead; suspect at large
Police say two shootings have left five people dead; the suspect is still at large
Officers to be awarded for saving unresponsive woman whose car crashed
The officers used an AED found in all Newburyport police cruisers to revive a woman whose heart stopped beating shortly before she…
Officers honored for saving woman whose heart stopped before crash
The officers used an AED found in all Newburyport police cruisers to revive a woman whose heart stopped beating shortly before she…
Ohio fire dept. responders resign amidst leadership complaints
Five Mad River Twp. Fire/EMS Department responders resigned after firefighter-paramedic Michael Newkirk claimed leaders were intimidating and hostile
Fire dept. receives $99K grant for paramedic training equipment
The Ocean City Paramedic Foundation gave $99,000 to the Ocean City Fire Department to purchase equipment to help paramedics improve their skills
Brandon, SD Council Approves Funds for MED-Star Ambulance Service
Community members are thankful that the EMS service is on hand.
Medic Mindset Podcast: Thinking about the agitated patient
Emergency medicine physician Dr. Cynthia Griffin confronts bias when it comes to agitated patients
Trump announces deal to end record-long shutdown
Some 800,000 federal workers have had to work without pay or have been kept from doing their jobs
Paramedics honored for assisting in dangerous arrest
Lambton EMS paramedics Blake Smith and Mark Duffy helped defuse an “extremely violent” scene where one officer was injured